At 6:00PM local time today the iPhone debuts in stores stateside. Lucky Americans! There’s no official word as to when it’ll become available in Canada, although rumours are Rogers will have it just in time for Christmas I probably won’t be getting the iPhone but I’m all the same very excited about its release – so excited that I’m taking a trip down south this weekend just so I can touch it.
Paul lost his phone last Wednesday; he’d been using an HTC Prophet for a little over a year.
I guess we’re in the minority that loves Windows Mobile devices; I like my devices tweakable, and there’s a wealth of resource on changes, tweaks, ad-ons and modifications.
Paul decided he wanted another PC Phone (for “work purposes†he claimed), we called the other Paul and he suggested the HTC Touch; we ordered it and it came three days later.
I’m not a mean spirited or jealous person by nature but Paul’s new phone has me wishing he’d get abducted by aliens just so that I can inherit his phone.
Yes, the phone is that cool!
The Touch is by far the sleekest, cutest and smoothest Pocket PC device ever! And with its Touchflo interface you’d want to play with it forever. It makes my Prophet look like a contraption from the 19th century.
So how does it rate performance wise?
Not bad. It has a larger screen flush mounted to the frame of the device; I believe a first for a WM device. The Touchflo response is pretty sharp, beyond that and it’s stylish looks, it’s just another pocket PC phone.
As a phone it’s easier to use than most of its sister devices.
It lacks 3G and runs on a 201MHz processor which makes it lag a little, applications are a little slow to respond. It takes just ok pictures with its 2 mega pixels camera, as long as it’s not taken in poor lighting conditions. The web browser again is like all other WM devices but you can always download Opera mini.
It shipped with a 1GB MicroSD card, it required minor surgery to get that and the SIM card into their slots.
But it’s incredibly gorgeous and soft to touch, easier to use (IMHO) and most importantly, you can pile on a ton of 3rd party software for more functionality and productivity – if you’re into that kind of thing.
It’s not available in the US (or Canada for that matter), but it’s GSM and unlocked so you could always get one if you really wanted from sources like the other Paul.
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